Trousers hanger and presser



DLG. SELL.

TROUSERS HAN GER AND PRESSER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5.1919.

1,356,093. Patented Oct. 19,1920.

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DANIEL e. SELL, or KANSAS-CITY, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

Application filed July 5, 1919. I Serial No. 308,878.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL G. SELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trousers- I-Iangers and Pressers, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trouser-hangers and pressers.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, simple, cheap, easily operated and efficient trouser hanger and presser.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved trouser hanger and presser, the parts being shown disassembled.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved trouser presser and hanger shown mounted in operative position on a pair of trousers.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 designates a transverse bar, preferably cylindrical, over which the trousers 2 are adapted to be folded and suspended.

3 and 4 designate respectively two flat clamping members, which may be of sheet metal, wood, fiber, paste-board or other suitable material. The trousers 2 are adapted to be clamped between the members 3 and 4.

Between the members 3 and 4 is a flat member 5, which may be of material similar to that of which the members 3 and 4 are composed. The flat member 5 is intermediate of the members 3 and 4 and is adapted to have the trousers 2 folded over it, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4. o

For holding the members 3, 4 and 5 in the clamping positionvshown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, suitable releasable means may be provided. For this purpose, I have provided two channel members 6, which may be more or less resilient and which are adapted to releasably engage opposite edges of the members 3, 4 and 5, for holding the latter in the clamping position.

In order that the hanger and presser may be suspended, suitablemeans may be provided.

For this purpose, in the form of my invention shown in the drawing, for supporting the bar 1, I provide a cord 7 the ends of which are respectively secured to the ends of the bar 1. The cord 7 is adapted to be slipped over and supported by a suitable supporting device, such as a suitably supported nail 8.

For supporting the intermediate member 5, I provide two cords 9 attached respectively to the ends of the barl and attached to the member 5 adjacent to the two upper corners respectively of the member 5.

For supporting the members 3 and 4, I provide .two cords 10 and 11, which are adapted to be supported by the nail 8. The cord 10 has its ends attached to the member 3 adjacent to the upper edge of the latter, and the cord 11 has its ends attached to the member 4 adjacent to the upper edge of the latter. o

In the operation of my device, the trousers 2 are slipped between thecord 7 and bar 1 force of which willhold the channel members ,on the clamping members. The hanger ,may thenbe supported on the nail 8 by means of thecords 7, l0 and 11. o

I do notlimit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is In a trousers hanger and presser, a transverse bar adapted to have the trousers folded over it, three flat pressing members, two' cords supported by the bar and supporting one of the pressingmembers adjacent to its side edges, two cords respectively supporting the other two pressing members, and a cord supporting the bar, the three last named cords being adapted to be supported by a nail or a simllar device, with the upper edges of the pressing members in substantially the same horizontal plane, the pressing members having a greater Width than the Width of the trousers adapted to be pressed between them, and clamping means 10 for releasably engaging opposite sideedges of the pressing member, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

DANIEL G. SELL. 

